Every week this summer, WPRB will highlight one its DJs in “Get To Know WPRB’s DJS.”
Name: Marvin Rosen
Show: “Classical Discoveries” (Wednesdays from 5:00AM to 11:00AM), “Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde” (Wednesdays from 11:00AM to 1:PM).
Links: http://www.classicaldiscoveries.org/
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Classical-Discoveries/132814286796248
Type of Music Played On Show: CD repertoires rarely heard–from all periods, with an emphasis on old and new songs from all over the world. For Avant-Garde it is more experimental, more progressive, more electronica music, music inspired by pop music sometimes.
Reason for Becoming a DJ: “There …

On my next program (Tuesday, 6:00 a.m.) I plan to play Brahms’ German Requiem, Opus 45. The common wisdom regarding large compositions, on a serious radio station, is that one plays the piece through in its entirety. But I plan to do what I often do for song sequences, or even Mahler’s das Lied von der Erde: play one section at a a time, preceded by reciting the text in translation.
Most songs can be listened …

Hey there WPRB listeners!
WPRB is happy to announce that it will soon be airing (date TBA) an exclusive interview with Ralph Farris, the violist of the string quartet ETHEL about their new record Oshtali. Formed in 1998, the string quartet ETHEL dedicates itself to the performance of contemporary and new music. For the past five years, they have been in residence at the Native American Composers Apprenticeship Project, a part of the Grand Canyon Music …

Back by popular demand “Classical Discoveries goes Avant-Garde” returns to our Fall 2009 schedule! “Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde” will air Wednesdays from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. ET beginning Wednesday, 9/30.
Devoted listeners of the program were unhappy when it didn’t return in our Fall lineup. You called, emailed, tweeted, and blogged – and we listened! Classical Director Tiffany Lu remarks:
“Please thank your listeners for me and for the whole of WPRB management, for letting …

Join Marvin Rosen, host of “Classical Discoveries” and “Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde” for a 24-hour marathon totally devoted to music from the 21st century! “VIVA 21ST CENTURY: AMERICAN EDITION” begins Tuesday, September 8 at 7:00 p.m. ET and concludes on Wednesday September 9 at 7:00 p.m. ET.

Keep reading for more information about this very special marathon!

Join Marvin Rosen and Classical Discoveries Goes Avant Garde welcome Egyptian-born American composer Halim El-Dabh this Wednesday 5/13 at 11 AM ET.
Halim El-Dabh is University Professor Emeritus of African Ethnomusicology at Kent State University, Kent, Ohio. He continues to teach African Cultural Expressions. He has conducted ethnomusicological research in the Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Guinea, Mali, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa, Sudan, and Zaire. Within the African Diaspora, his research includes Brazil, Jamaica, and …

Join Marvin Rosen and Classical Discoveries for the the world premiere broadcast of the opera “The Juniper Tree” by Philip Glass and Robert Moran, this Wednesday 4/1 at 11 AM ET.
“The Juniper Tree” is an opera in two acts for chamber orchestra, small chorus and soloists. It was commissioned the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, MA) and debuted in 1985.
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Glass and fellow composer Robert Moran collaborated in virtually equal measure …

Join host Marvin Rosen as Classical Discoveries (Wednesdays, 5:30 AM) and Classical Discoveries Goes Avant-Garde (Wednesdays, 11 AM) celebrate “Women’s History Month” this March with a new program each week!
Each regularly scheduled weekly program will be exclusively to music written by women composers from all over the world as well as from all musical periods. On March 18th, both programs will be devoted exclusively to the works of American women composers.
Classical Discoveries’ 6th Annual “In …

Join Marvin Rosen for his second annual 24-hour marathon, “Viva 21st Century,” starting 6:00 AM ET on Friday, December 26.
“Viva 21st Century” will be devoted to new works composed during the last 9 years and will represent composers from all over the world.
Marvin Rosen is the host of WPRB’s “Classical Discoveries” program. Marvin’s outstanding program won an ASCAP Deems Taylor Radio Broadcast Award in 2005.
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Teri Noel Towe, host of WPRB’s recently-concluded fourteen week “Bach on Thursday” series, is interviewed about his favorite composer by Michael Lawrence Films for a forthcoming documentary on Johann Sebastian Bach.

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